A licensed general contractor for homeowners rebuilding in Altadena, Pasadena, Sierra Madre and greater Los Angeles. We coordinate with your architect, your engineer and your insurance carrier's scope, pull the permits, and rebuild to current code.
Most homeowners rebuilding after a fire have never managed a construction project, and they are being asked to make permanent decisions during the worst year of their lives. Here is the honest version.
Carrier estimates are built from software line items. They frequently miss code upgrades, soils and foundation conditions, utility reconnection and current permit requirements. The gap is real and it is better to find it before demolition than after framing.
A home built decades ago is replaced under current building, energy, fire and wildfire-hazard requirements. That can mean different framing, different exterior assemblies, sprinklers, and upgraded electrical and mechanical systems.
Plan check and permitting frequently take longer than the construction itself. The single most useful thing you can do early is get complete, permit-ready drawings moving.
Disaster areas attract unlicensed operators and high-pressure sales. Verify any contractor at cslb.ca.gov, including us. California limits disaster-area down payments and gives you cancellation rights — know them before you sign.
We are contractors, not public adjusters. We do not negotiate, adjust or settle your insurance claim — in California that requires a separate license. What we do is provide a detailed, defensible construction scope and cost breakdown that you or your licensed representative can put in front of the carrier, and build what the settlement covers.
Mario Gallegos manages the rebuild directly. The person who priced it is the person on site.
Inclusions, exclusions and allowances stated up front. Every change priced and signed before it is built, as California law requires.
Verified licensing, insurance and workers' compensation on every subcontractor, before they step on your property.
Payments tied to a signed schedule of values and to work actually completed and inspected.
No cost, no obligation. We'll walk the property, review what you have from your carrier and your architect, and tell you honestly where you stand.
Verify us before you hire us.
CSLB #1056448 · Class B — General Building Contractor
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